United States Fish & Wildlife Service Great Ape Conservation Fund ‘Integrating Research and Tourism as Conservation Strategies for critically endangered western gorillas in Loango National ParkGabon’$57,560

2012-2013

United States Fish & Wildlife Service Great Ape Conservation Fund‘Conservation, Research, and Tourism of Western Gorillas and Central Chimpanzees in Loango National Park, Gabon’$67,970

2012-2014

Great Ape Education Projectcollaborative conservation education project with UNITE, Kassisi Project, and Nature for Kids that produced 3 conservation videos for children and conducted outreach activities with 8 primary schools around Bwindi Impenetrable National Parkreceived €19,000 of a € 260,000 overall grant from the Adessium Foundation

2011-2012

United States Fish & Wildlife Service Great Ape Conservation Fund‘Conservation and Research of Western Gorillas in Loango National Park, Gabon’$78,755

Conference & Workshops Organized

August 2014

Co-organizer for ‘Understanding the Variability of Gorilla Social Structure’, symposium at International Primatology Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam.

June 2014

Co-organizer for ‘Apes Across Africa’ Workshop, Fort Portal, Uganda.Goal was to bring together early career African ape conservationists and researchers for a four day workshop of talks, discussions, training sessions, and field site visits. Meeting was attended by fifty participants, including representatives from 14 African countries.

November 2013

Co-organizer for ‘Gorillas Across Africa’ workshop, Musanze, Rwanda.Goal was to bring together early career African conservationists and researchers working with gorillas for a fourday workshop of talks, discussions, training sessions, and field site visits. Meeting was attended by forty participants, including representatives from 8 African countries.

June 2011

Co-organizer for ‘Gorillas Across Africa’ workshop, Ruhija, Uganda.Goal was to bring together early career African conservationists and researchers working with gorillas for a four day workshop of talks, discussions, training sessions, and field site visits. Meeting was attended by forty participants, including representatives from 7 African countries.

August 2009

Co-organizer for ‘Assessing the Prospects for Growth of the Bwindi Mountain Gorilla Population’ workshop, Kabale, Uganda. Goals were to assess the relative effects of potential management actions on population growth and establish future priorities for gorilla research & management strategies. Meeting was attended by +40 participants from six organizations working in and around Bwindi and beyond.

June 2008

Organizer for ‘Research & Conservation of Bwindi Mountain Gorillas Workshop’ , Ruhija, Uganda.Meeting consisted of presentations and discussions of ongoing research in Bwindi. Attended by +30 participants from six organizations working in and around Bwindi.

August 2004

Co-organizer for ‘Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates’ conference, Leipzig, Germany. Goal was to bring together more than 20 researchers to present findings and discuss future avenues of research concerning feeding ecology of great apes.

January 1999

Co-organizer for ‘Mountain Gorillas of Karisoke: Research Synthesis and Potentials’, Leipzig, Germany. Goal was to have 15 researchers present findings and discuss future avenues for research of Virunga mountain gorillas.